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Technologia

Technologia. Imagine you are a citizen of Technologia , a country that produces two goods: Smartphones Tablet computers What do these two goods have in common? Both digital technology Both wireless Both have touch screens. Coltan.

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Technologia

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  1. Technologia • Imagine you are a citizen of Technologia, a country that produces two goods: • Smartphones • Tablet computers • What do these two goods have in common? • Both digital technology • Both wireless • Both have touch screens

  2. Coltan • Coltan is a heat-resistant ore that can hold a strong electrical charge and is used in making the capacitors needed to produce touch screens for both smartphones and tablet computers. • Coltan is rare. Almost all the deposits are found in African countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo. • Source: University of Waterloo Earth Sciences Museum (http://www.uwaterloo.ca/earth-sciences-museum)

  3. Technologia’s PPF • Simulation of smartphone/tablet production • Five students per team; each person can handle only one card at a time. • Pull card from “coltan” box. • Turn card to appropriate side. • Pass to next person. • Place in box with appropriate label. • Repeat until coltan runs out.

  4. Technologia’s PPF Simulation

  5. Technologia’s PPF Simulation First person pulls a card and turns it to “Tablet”

  6. Technologia’s PPF Simulation Passes the card down the line …

  7. Table 1.1: Smartphone and Tablet Computer Production Possibilities

  8. Technologia’sPPF Smartphones Tablets

  9. Technologia’sPPF • Increase in the amount of coltan available for production • PPF shifts “out,” away from the origin Smartphones Tablets

  10. Technologia’sPPF • Increase in productivity for smartphones • One unit of coltan can produce two smartphones • PPF has shifted outward, away from origin Smartphones Tablets

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